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Ive got two reports here. My brother and I hit Sand Hollow in Utah on Sun the 19th and then Undurtow and I hit Lake Mohove this past Saturday.

Sand Hollow is a nice little place. We launched there about 7 and the wind didnt allow us to work finesse baits very well. We were getting blown around and just couldnt settle down over the structure. We ended up with 6 largemouth, the largest was just short of 2.5lb throwing cranks near shore structure.

Undurtow and I launched at Cottonwood on Friday night and drove 20+ miles up the river to our secret pig striper cove and again missed a huge blowup. (three blowups missed now) After getting slapped up river, we headed for mohave at first light to throw some topwater and see what happens. We worked a few coves south of cottonwood and finally picked up a 1.5lb smallmouth and a nice fatty 3.7 pound largemouth. We had another fish lost near the boat. We only fished for a few hours and again the wind started getting nasty and we had to call it.

On sunday, I went for a ride through the narrows and over to the far side of the virgin basin. I was exploring for some new bass spots and found a few promising locations. I had only one hit on Sunday and it was huge. I was working a jig on my dropshot set-up with 8lb test and I hooked into a HUGE smallmouth. This guy was at least 4-6lbs and went aerial three times before he caughed up the jig. Dayum I was pissed. My biggest smallie is only 2lbs

Good Times. Heres some pics.


Sand Hollow Bass
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Lake Mojave Bass
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Thats A Purdy Bass......
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The Narrows


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Im officially calling this guy KING shad
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Sounds like you been having fun and been getting all over the place [cool] great reports and pics. What kind of topwaters were you throwing at mohave? And how many did Undertow get [cool]
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I didn't catch anything on topwater. I was crankin. One of the bass from Mohave spit up several sets of claws into my livewell. Deffinately munchin on craws down there right now. I may be back out there this weekend with some soft craw baits.
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funny u should ask 4pound[pirate] not only did I have another blow up at vegaskid and I's pig striper cove that I missed... I didnt catch sh*t LoL at some point it will turn around for me, cant get much worse at this point. always fun though.
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Lol [cool] Dont feel bad bro all ive been getting into is those dam stinkin cats. Yea at some point it should turn around im guessing within the month or so........hopefully.
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So where did you get that big shad...did you catch it or net it or was inside one of the fish you caught?
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actually, we were pulling out of las vegas wash and I saw a cormorant bird come up out of the water with what appeared to be a huge fish. The bird could not fly away with it and dropped it. It went back a second time and dropped it again. I swooped in and snatched it up. The thing was nearly 2lbs. [shocked]

I mean, dayum that is a huge shad. He was near sand island right in the center of the wash. Kinda bizarre. The water was at least 80' at that spot. I mean how far can that bird dive; maybe 20'. So you have 2lb shad cruising 20' or less of open water in the middle of the inlet part of the wash. I wonder how he grew so large with those swimming habits. A shad of that size, geez; I think it would take a 30plus fish to attempt it. those gizzards have some girth at that size.

Oh, and wear gloves when handling gizzards, they stink like no other fish [cool]
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Nicely done bro! It's starting to turn on!! I launched out of Echo on Sunday, and had five in the boat by 8a.m. I will post some of the nice ones later. Wind got a bit too much and I was gone by 1. Water temp still a bit cold for beds, and doesn't look to get any warmer this week! Till next time!
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